Mary Dooms
@marydooms.bsky.social
Proud to be among a nation of immigrants. Nee Michie /ˈmɪki/. A 7th generation Scot with Ballater, Aberdeenshire origins.
I believe Mary Kay Kleist, not @cbsmornings.bsky.social
It's a daily occurrence, not a one off. Either get it right or scrap the scrolling chyron.
It's a daily occurrence, not a one off. Either get it right or scrap the scrolling chyron.
December 16, 2025 at 1:41 PM
I believe Mary Kay Kleist, not @cbsmornings.bsky.social
It's a daily occurrence, not a one off. Either get it right or scrap the scrolling chyron.
It's a daily occurrence, not a one off. Either get it right or scrap the scrolling chyron.
In short, the government is using right wing influencers to kill a story.
Thanks for not succumbing.
Outstanding reporting.
Thanks for not succumbing.
Outstanding reporting.
When @dfriedman.bsky.social discovered a Goodreads page tied to the email of a top Pentagon official featuring “Asian wife sharing” books and other pornographic works, he did what any reporter would do: ask the Pentagon questions.
The very next day, a threatening email from Jack Posobiec arrived.
The very next day, a threatening email from Jack Posobiec arrived.
I asked the Pentagon about Pete Hegseth's mentor. Then the threats started.
Journalism in the second Trump administration gets personal.
www.motherjones.com
December 11, 2025 at 3:22 PM
In short, the government is using right wing influencers to kill a story.
Thanks for not succumbing.
Outstanding reporting.
Thanks for not succumbing.
Outstanding reporting.
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U.S. Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi has donated $29,300 — the entirety of campaign contributions from Palantir chief technology officer Shyam Sankar — to immigrant rights groups, his Senate campaign said on Wednesday.
Krishnamoorthi donates campaign cash from Trump adviser Shyam Sankar to immigrant rights groups
chicago.suntimes.com
December 10, 2025 at 5:54 PM
U.S. Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi has donated $29,300 — the entirety of campaign contributions from Palantir chief technology officer Shyam Sankar — to immigrant rights groups, his Senate campaign said on Wednesday.
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Ridulous! If that's the case newspapers would be publishing blank pages in the foreclosure section.
December 10, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Ridulous! If that's the case newspapers would be publishing blank pages in the foreclosure section.
I just start kissing them, it's like a magnet.
Trump on Karoline Leavitt: "That beautiful face and those lips that don't stop like a little machine gun"
December 10, 2025 at 1:49 PM
I just start kissing them, it's like a magnet.
. @cbsmornings.bsky.social
Your scrolling weather temps are shameful. Here (again) are a few terrible predictions for today:
Chicago high 50??
Ft. Myers high 46??
Your scrolling weather temps are shameful. Here (again) are a few terrible predictions for today:
Chicago high 50??
Ft. Myers high 46??
December 2, 2025 at 1:30 PM
. @cbsmornings.bsky.social
Your scrolling weather temps are shameful. Here (again) are a few terrible predictions for today:
Chicago high 50??
Ft. Myers high 46??
Your scrolling weather temps are shameful. Here (again) are a few terrible predictions for today:
Chicago high 50??
Ft. Myers high 46??
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What's the cost of special use permits for these and other business activities on federal land? What's the penalty for mismanagement?
What a windfall to be granted automatic renewal due to a lack of envir'l review when the oversight's staff shrinks nearly 40%.
It's not a bug, it's a feature.
What a windfall to be granted automatic renewal due to a lack of envir'l review when the oversight's staff shrinks nearly 40%.
It's not a bug, it's a feature.
December 1, 2025 at 2:15 PM
What's the cost of special use permits for these and other business activities on federal land? What's the penalty for mismanagement?
What a windfall to be granted automatic renewal due to a lack of envir'l review when the oversight's staff shrinks nearly 40%.
It's not a bug, it's a feature.
What a windfall to be granted automatic renewal due to a lack of envir'l review when the oversight's staff shrinks nearly 40%.
It's not a bug, it's a feature.
Did these Guardsmen receive basic training before being deployed?
Looks like a no.
From WSJ
Looks like a no.
From WSJ
November 27, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Did these Guardsmen receive basic training before being deployed?
Looks like a no.
From WSJ
Looks like a no.
From WSJ
This historical booklet of Chicago ward maps and their boundary descriptions is a helpful resource: Chicago ward maps, 1837-1970, Styx, Sherrie A. (1988).
Esp. helpful in early census years when only ward numbers were referenced. Combine this w/a period map to capture era.
#Chicago #genealogy
Esp. helpful in early census years when only ward numbers were referenced. Combine this w/a period map to capture era.
#Chicago #genealogy
November 20, 2025 at 8:12 PM
This historical booklet of Chicago ward maps and their boundary descriptions is a helpful resource: Chicago ward maps, 1837-1970, Styx, Sherrie A. (1988).
Esp. helpful in early census years when only ward numbers were referenced. Combine this w/a period map to capture era.
#Chicago #genealogy
Esp. helpful in early census years when only ward numbers were referenced. Combine this w/a period map to capture era.
#Chicago #genealogy
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Trump’s Complicity in the Khashoggi Murder:
How Donald Trump’s cover-up of Jamal Khashoggi’s assassination revealed the pattern of corruption that still defines his relationship with Saudi Arabia... and the world
www.avindman.com/p/trumps-com...
How Donald Trump’s cover-up of Jamal Khashoggi’s assassination revealed the pattern of corruption that still defines his relationship with Saudi Arabia... and the world
www.avindman.com/p/trumps-com...
Trump’s Complicity in the Khashoggi Murder
How Donald Trump’s cover-up of Jamal Khashoggi’s assassination revealed the pattern of corruption that still defines his relationship with Saudi Arabia... and the world
www.avindman.com
November 20, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Trump’s Complicity in the Khashoggi Murder:
How Donald Trump’s cover-up of Jamal Khashoggi’s assassination revealed the pattern of corruption that still defines his relationship with Saudi Arabia... and the world
www.avindman.com/p/trumps-com...
How Donald Trump’s cover-up of Jamal Khashoggi’s assassination revealed the pattern of corruption that still defines his relationship with Saudi Arabia... and the world
www.avindman.com/p/trumps-com...
John Oliver and Co did a great explanation of what public media does, and who exactly the funding recission actually hurts (Hint: it's not liberal elites.) Also very proud to see my old friend and former WBEZ reporter Lauren Chooljian featured for her amazing work.
youtu.be/yknMJOgy2pA?...
youtu.be/yknMJOgy2pA?...
Public Media: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
YouTube video by LastWeekTonight
youtu.be
November 19, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Anxious for a Trump brothers infomercial as a local Sunday morning wealth management program.
#futureSNLskit
#futureSNLskit
November 16, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Anxious for a Trump brothers infomercial as a local Sunday morning wealth management program.
#futureSNLskit
#futureSNLskit
Three days hence, nothing like caving.
Even President Trump agrees: the Republican shutdown is costing them votes.
Americans facing rising costs are fed up with House Republicans who haven’t shown up to work in almost seven weeks and a President who is too busy building his ballroom to notice.
Americans facing rising costs are fed up with House Republicans who haven’t shown up to work in almost seven weeks and a President who is too busy building his ballroom to notice.
November 10, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Three days hence, nothing like caving.
[email protected]
Durbin, you are a disgrace. Your colleagues @duckworth.senate.gov and @govpritzker.illinois.gov have voiced their dismay at your decision to fold. Retire now before doing more damage.
Durbin, you are a disgrace. Your colleagues @duckworth.senate.gov and @govpritzker.illinois.gov have voiced their dismay at your decision to fold. Retire now before doing more damage.
November 10, 2025 at 2:46 PM
[email protected]
Durbin, you are a disgrace. Your colleagues @duckworth.senate.gov and @govpritzker.illinois.gov have voiced their dismay at your decision to fold. Retire now before doing more damage.
Durbin, you are a disgrace. Your colleagues @duckworth.senate.gov and @govpritzker.illinois.gov have voiced their dismay at your decision to fold. Retire now before doing more damage.
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Three masked agents questioned an Illinois Department of Transportation employee about his immigration status — and if he had traveled to New York and was “aware” of the mayor-elect in New York City, the governor’s office said.
Indian IDOT employee stopped by ICE agents, questioned if he was 'aware' of NYC Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani
chicago.suntimes.com
November 8, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Three masked agents questioned an Illinois Department of Transportation employee about his immigration status — and if he had traveled to New York and was “aware” of the mayor-elect in New York City, the governor’s office said.
8:06am: ICE using Rosemont Sports Complex as staging area. They could have used CPD parking literally down the street. Rosemont Police being very friendly him them. 1/2 videos
@newsjennifer.bsky.social @markjacob.bsky.social
@newsjennifer.bsky.social @markjacob.bsky.social
November 7, 2025 at 3:16 PM
8:06am: ICE using Rosemont Sports Complex as staging area. They could have used CPD parking literally down the street. Rosemont Police being very friendly him them. 1/2 videos
@newsjennifer.bsky.social @markjacob.bsky.social
@newsjennifer.bsky.social @markjacob.bsky.social
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Excellent move by Pritzker. Calling for a "cease fire" frames the admin as an aggressor. If they agree, the right sees Trump as weak. If they continue, Trump is seen as heartless, preying on children--which is something he's done before.
October 30, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Excellent move by Pritzker. Calling for a "cease fire" frames the admin as an aggressor. If they agree, the right sees Trump as weak. If they continue, Trump is seen as heartless, preying on children--which is something he's done before.
"The report tries to show, in other words, that future Democratic administrations can’t be afraid to use power to the fullest."
Leaders cannot be afraid to use the power voters have entrusted in them. Nor should they sacrifice our principles to appease those with undemocratic values.
Leaders cannot be afraid to use the power voters have entrusted in them. Nor should they sacrifice our principles to appease those with undemocratic values.
SCOOP --> Major new Bidenworld autopsy just dropped: 45 former Biden officials candidly assess their mistakes and failings in new Roosevelt Institute report. They lay out the beginnings of a Project 2029 agenda to reverse authoritarian tide.
Details in my new piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2023...
Details in my new piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2023...
Why Is Trump Autocracy Rising? These Dems Have an Unnerving Answer.
A new Biden administration autopsy, based on internal assessments from many government insiders, has crystal clear lessons for the future.
newrepublic.com
October 28, 2025 at 12:11 PM
"The report tries to show, in other words, that future Democratic administrations can’t be afraid to use power to the fullest."
Leaders cannot be afraid to use the power voters have entrusted in them. Nor should they sacrifice our principles to appease those with undemocratic values.
Leaders cannot be afraid to use the power voters have entrusted in them. Nor should they sacrifice our principles to appease those with undemocratic values.
Teachers: get your students to read and interact with the text!
October 23, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Teachers: get your students to read and interact with the text!
RIP Tony.
One of the best human beings you’ll ever meet .
One of the best human beings you’ll ever meet .
October 13, 2025 at 2:57 PM
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We need an outside military presence to protect us because "homeland security" are preoccupied with illegal ICE raids.
October 10, 2025 at 2:33 PM
We need an outside military presence to protect us because "homeland security" are preoccupied with illegal ICE raids.
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U.S. District Judge April Perry says it comes down to a "credibility determination."
"I simply cannot credit [the Trump administration's] declarations to the extent they contradict state and local law enforcement. … DHS' perception of events are simply unreliable."
"I simply cannot credit [the Trump administration's] declarations to the extent they contradict state and local law enforcement. … DHS' perception of events are simply unreliable."
#BREAKING A federal judge say she will grant "in part" a request by the state of Illinois for a temporary restraining order against the deployment of National Guard troops into the state.
U.S. District Judge April Perry is still ruling and has not outlined the details of her order.
U.S. District Judge April Perry is still ruling and has not outlined the details of her order.
Perry: "I'm going to issue an oral ruling."
October 9, 2025 at 9:48 PM
U.S. District Judge April Perry says it comes down to a "credibility determination."
"I simply cannot credit [the Trump administration's] declarations to the extent they contradict state and local law enforcement. … DHS' perception of events are simply unreliable."
"I simply cannot credit [the Trump administration's] declarations to the extent they contradict state and local law enforcement. … DHS' perception of events are simply unreliable."
Chicago PD: "This is f*cked up"
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October 5, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Chicago PD: "This is f*cked up"
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Is there a slaughter rule in this Brewer v Cub game?
October 4, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Is there a slaughter rule in this Brewer v Cub game?